Social Question

What's one thing that you valued highly before but no longer do?

There are things and thoughts that seem to be of utmost value at the time, but you either forget about it, or just don’t seem to appreciate it as much. I just wanted to hear what you guys held very dearly but no longer do for whatever reason.

I knitted prolifically. I always had a work-in-progress, and I turned-out projects regularly. Oddly, and for reasons that I can’t describe or understand, I haven’t done any knitting for at least a few years.

Well, if I’m thinking about it, I must be starting to miss it. Maybe I’ll rediscover my old hobby soon.

I used to draw and paint prolifically; for a while I thought I might pursue life as a visual artist—now I find i hard to write my name – I have used a keyboard for so long. I haven’t drawn in many many years.

I used to always want the latest electronic gadget or gaming console. Then I asked myself “why” and couldn’t think of any valid reason other than “just because”. I stopped caring and haven’t had a new electronic gadget/console in years.

I stopped going to church as soon as I could once I stopped believing in God. But maybe that’s too obvious to count (though it was very important to me when I believed). So a better example might be that I almost never do much in the way of musical work anymore. I have degrees in performance and composition, and I’ve done professional work in each, but that’s gone very much to the side since I started graduate school.